Mark Edwards Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Aug 2019 – PresentI am currently serving as the Director of Product Lifecycle Services. In this role I lead both the global Bid Management and Product Lifecycle Management teamsProduct Lifecycle Management provides long term support services to our customer extended the life of their programs beyond the last time buy date for our products. I am responsible for ensuring the team maintain customer long term support contracts as well as providing quotes for End of Life products that have… Show more Aug 2019 – PresentI am currently serving as the Director of Product Lifecycle Services. In this role I lead both the global Bid Management and Product Lifecycle Management teamsProduct Lifecycle Management provides long term support services to our customer extended the life of their programs beyond the last time buy date for our products. I am responsible for ensuring the team maintain customer long term support contracts as well as providing quotes for End of Life products that have been vetted for component availability together with verifying the build/test infrastructure is still in place.Our Bid Management department coordinates the business’s technical and commercial response to customer RFQs, looking to leverage Abaco’s broad range of embedded products together with their experience in board and system level ruggidisation techniques. I am responsible for the leading of global bid management team and the generation of differentiated proposals, delivered on-time and that have undergone Senior leadership review/approval Show less

Towcester, United Kingdom

As Commercial Solutions Manager I was responsible for leading the global bid management team as well as continuing in my role as a Bid Manager.

Towcester, Northamptonshire, United Kingdom

GE Intelligent Platforms provides industrial software, control systems and embedded computing platforms to the power, manufacturing, water, mining, oil & gas, aerospace and defense industries.As Bid Manager I am responsible for leading multi-disciplined capture teams to provide commercial/technical proposals into EMEA, APAC and India territories for the supply of embedded computing solutions into the defense market. Furthermore I architect system level solutions employing open… Show more GE Intelligent Platforms provides industrial software, control systems and embedded computing platforms to the power, manufacturing, water, mining, oil & gas, aerospace and defense industries.As Bid Manager I am responsible for leading multi-disciplined capture teams to provide commercial/technical proposals into EMEA, APAC and India territories for the supply of embedded computing solutions into the defense market. Furthermore I architect system level solutions employing open architecture hardware solutions including VPX, VME and cPCI technolgies for the rugged defense market. Show less

Towcester, United Kingdom

GE Intelligent Platforms provides industrial software, control systems and embedded computing platforms to the power, manufacturing, water, mining, oil & gas, aerospace and defense industries.In my role as Program Manager I was responsible for the supply of rugged open architecture systems into the defense market. Managing all commercial and technical aspects of a program from initial enquiry phase through full rate production and continuing through long term support I was able to… Show more GE Intelligent Platforms provides industrial software, control systems and embedded computing platforms to the power, manufacturing, water, mining, oil & gas, aerospace and defense industries.In my role as Program Manager I was responsible for the supply of rugged open architecture systems into the defense market. Managing all commercial and technical aspects of a program from initial enquiry phase through full rate production and continuing through long term support I was able to successfully deliver multiple programs on time and on budget, Show less

Towcester, United Kingdom

Prior to its purchase by General Electric Intelligent Platforms in 2006 Radstone Technology designed, manufactured and marketed rugged COT’s single board computers, embedded computing components and subsystems, which were primarily used in demanding aerospace and defense applications.In my role as Program Manager I was responsible for the supply of rugged open architecture systems into the defense market. Managing all commercial and technical aspects of a program from initial enquiry phase… Show more Prior to its purchase by General Electric Intelligent Platforms in 2006 Radstone Technology designed, manufactured and marketed rugged COT’s single board computers, embedded computing components and subsystems, which were primarily used in demanding aerospace and defense applications.In my role as Program Manager I was responsible for the supply of rugged open architecture systems into the defense market. Managing all commercial and technical aspects of a program from initial enquiry phase through full rate production and continuing through long term support I was able to successfully deliver multiple programs on time and on budget, Show less

Cwmbran, Wales

Master Of Engineering (M.Eng.), Electrical And Electronics Engineering

Bachelor Of Engineering (Beng), Electrical And Electronics Engineering, First Class (Hons)

A Levels - Physics, Pure Maths, Electronics, Chemistry